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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced they have reached a cease-fire agreement between Turkey and Kurds, following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Turkey denies that there is ceasefire. Turkey will pause all military operations for 120 hours to allow …
Read More »Did Neanderthals reach Naxos by boat 200,000 years ago?
Did archaic hominins travel by boat? Did they reach Naxos in the Aegean Sea 200,000 years ago? Archeologists have long believed that the first people to colonize the region were early farmers who arrived by boat approximately 9,000 years ago. Only humans who had made the leap from a hunter-gatherer …
Read More »Thessaloniki: Anarchists stage pro-Kurdish protest in Turkish Consulate
Police in Thessaloniki has detained 12 people who staged a protest against Turkey’s invasion in Syria inside the courtyard of the Turkish General Consulate on Thursday morning. Pretending to be normal visitors of the Ataturk Museum that is located in the courtyard, members of a local organization affiliated with Rouvikonas …
Read More »Greece’s National Theater offers 7 performances with English subtitles
The Greek National Theater is offering several performances with English subtitles in the season 2019/2020. Seven classical and contemporary plays will entertain the non-Greek speaking theater lovers. Where: At the Ziller Building’s Main Stage When: Wednesday to Sunday – “TONIGHT WE IMPROVISE” Based on the play of the phenomenal Luigi …
Read More »Turkish President Erdogan threw Trump’s Syria letter “in the bin”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly thrown US President Donald Trump “in the bin” right after he read it. He thoroughly rejected the content and launched the cross-border operation in Syria on the same day. #Turkey President’s office confirms to @bbcturkce that when President #Erdogan received #Trump’s letter, he …
Read More »Greece’s budget primary surplus at €4.479 billion Jan-Sept 2019
Greece’s state budget recorded a primary surplus of 4.479 billion euros in the January-September period from a budget target for a surplus of 1.467 billion and a primary surplus of 2.523 billion euros in the same period last year, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. n a report on provisional …
Read More »Varoufakis asks the Parliament to adopt resolution for Syria
Leader of opposition party MeRA25, Yanis Varoufakis, has officially asked the Greek Parliament to adopt a resolution for an immediate ceasefire on the Turkish-Syrian border, a no-fly zone over north Syria and the immediate dispatch of humanitarian aid. In a letter submitted to the Parliament Speaker on Wednesday, Varoufakis wrote …
Read More »EU urges Greece to improve refugee camp conditions, speed up asylum
The European Commission has called on Greece for “urgent action” in order to improve living conditions in the overcrowded refugees and migrant camps and speed up the asylum procedures. In its progress report “European Agenda on Migration,” the European Union welcomes steps taken by the Greek government over the past …
Read More »Greek seas: Temperature levels of June in the mid-October
Prolonged sunshine and high temperatures during the first half of October have kept the sea surface temperature high, especially in the Ionian Sea, the Dodecanese and the northern Aegean. At the same time, the northern winds blowing (atypical meltemi) in the central parts of the Aegean keep the surface temperature …
Read More »Greek PM: “Consequences for EU members not sharing the migration-refugees burden”
“There must be consequences for EU member states that choose to not bear the burden of the migration-refugee problem,” Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said on Wednesday. With a clear hint to Turkey’s threats, Mitsotakis said that “Europe is not threatened with balckmails. However, he warned that Europe “must be …
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